Piracy and armed robbery at sea [electronic resource] : the legal framework for counter-piracy operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden / Robin Geiss, Anna Petrig

Author:: Geiss, Robin
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages)
Additional Creators:: Petrig, Anna

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Summary:

This work describes the enforcement powers that states may use to repress piracy in the Gulf of Aden region. The piracy rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the legal safeguards applicable to maritime interception operations are scrutinized before the analysis turns to the prosecution of pirates.

Subject(s):

Piracy—Aden, Gulf of—Prevention
Maritime law—Aden, Gulf of—Criminal provisions

ISBN:

9780191729751 (ebook)
0191729752 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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